Is a person who dies in a car accident a martyr?

Question : The questioner asks: Is the one who leaves his home and is struck by a car considered a martyr?

Answer : The one who leaves his home and dies in a car accident, or a wall collapses on him, or something similar, is a martyr. This is because being struck by a car is of the same kind as drowning, burning, or being crushed by a collapse. It is established from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) that whoever dies from any of these is a martyr. But what does martyrdom mean here? Is he a martyr in the rulings of this world and the rulings of the Hereafter? No, he is a martyr in the sight of Allah, but in the rulings of this world, he is not a martyr.
Rather, he must be washed, shrouded, and prayed over. As for the martyrs who were killed in the cause of Allah, they are not washed, not shrouded, and no prayer is performed over them. Rather, they are buried in their clothes with their blood on them, because martyrdom expiated their sins, so they do not need intercessors to intercede for them with Allah (Mighty and Majestic). Then, on the Day of Resurrection, they will come out of their graves with their wounds oozing, the color of blood and the scent of musk. Therefore, the martyrs who were killed in the cause of Allah are not washed, not shrouded, and no prayer is performed over them; they are buried at their place of death, as the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) did with the martyrs of Uhud (may Allah be pleased with them). As for martyrs in other than the battle in the cause of Allah, their ruling in the rulings of this world is not like the ruling of those in the battle. Yes.